Charles Tomlinson The Shaft 编辑历史
- 2年前 传灯 更改了诗歌正文
旧版本 新版本 1 For Guy Davenport 2 3 The shaft seemed like a place of sacrifice: 1 The shaft seemed like a place of sacrifice: 4 You climbed where spoil heaps from the hill 2 You climbed where spoil heaps from the hill 5 Spilled out into a wood, the slate 3 Spilled out into a wood, the slate 6 Tinkling underfoot like shards, and then 4 Tinkling underfoot like shards, and then 7 You bent to enter: a passageway: 5 You bent to enter: a passageway: 8 Cervix of stone: the tick of waterdrops, 6 Cervix of stone: the tick of waterdrops, 9 A clear clepsydra: and squeezing through 7 A clear clepsydra: and squeezing through 10 Emerged into cathedral space, held-up 8 Emerged into cathedral space, held-up 11 By a single rochsheaf, a gerbe 9 By a single rochsheaf, a gerbe 12 Buttressing-back the roof. The shaft 10 Buttressing-back the roof. The shaft 13 Opened beneath it, all its levels 11 Opened beneath it, all its levels 14 Lost in a hundred feet of water. 12 Lost in a hundred feet of water. 15 Those miners—dust, beards, mattocks— 13 Those miners—dust, beards, mattocks— 16 They photographed seventy years ago, 14 They photographed seventy years ago, 17 Might well have gone to ground here, pharoahs 15 Might well have gone to ground here, pharoahs 18 Awaiting excavation, their drowned equipment 16 Awaiting excavation, their drowned equipment 19 Laid-out beside them. All you could see 17 Laid-out beside them. All you could see 20 Was rock reflections tunneling the floor 18 Was rock reflections tunneling the floor 21 That water covered, a vertical unfathomed, 19 That water covered, a vertical unfathomed, 22 A vertigo that dropped through centuries 20 A vertigo that dropped through centuries 23 To the first who broke into these fells: 21 To the first who broke into these fells: 24 The shaft was not a place to stare into 22 The shaft was not a place to stare into 25 Or not for long: the adit you entered by 23 Or not for long: the adit you entered by 26 Filtered a leaf-light, a phosphorescence, 24 Filtered a leaf-light, a phosphorescence, 27 Doubled by water to a tremulous fire, 25 Doubled by water to a tremulous fire, 28 And signalling you back to the moist door 26 And signalling you back to the moist door 29 Into whose darkness you had turned aside 27 Into whose darkness you had turned aside 30 Out of the sun of an unfinished summer. 28 Out of the sun of an unfinished summer. 题记 [⟹ For Guy Davenport ] - 2年前 传灯 添加了初始版本